Cabpets



NAPEIERS. PNOTOLITHOGRAPMER wAsmNGToN D C OFFIC V SAML. FAY, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

FINISHING CARPETS.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 13,702, dated October 23, 1855.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL FAY, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Mode or Manner of Finishing and Putting Up Carpets for Market and for Convenience of Transport-ation; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which represents a machine suitable for the purpose and is merely introduced by way of explanation of the method invented by me.

It has been the practice heretofore to give to carpets their finished appearance by applying pressure to them in flat folds, and when, for convenience of transportation, and to put them up into marketable shape they are wound into rolls. But this winding if sufficiently tight to make a compact roll, was liable, by unequal stretching of the fabric, to distort the pattern or figures, so much so that, when laid down, they would not exactly match. Besides, it made two separate operations, and required the use of two separate machines to accomplish the desired result.

The nature of my invention consists in giving the finished appearance derived from a heavy pressure, to woven figured fabrics such as carpets, while in the act of placing the goods in a roll, for convenience of transportation, and without distorting the pattern or ligure, by an irregular stretching of the fabric.

To enable others skilled in the art to use my invention, I will proceed to describe a machine which I have used successfully for the purpose, and would here state that, the machine in its detail is not new, and may be varied to suit the circumstances of the case. It forms no part of my claim, and as before stated, is simply introduced to show one feasible, practical form of carrying out my mode or manner, of finishing and rolling carpets at a single operation.

A represents the frame of a machine, and B, the carpet which enters it in the customary manner, and is wound upon the shaft c, the power for the purpose being applied to the pulley C.

d, is a shaft which may be operated by a crank or otherwise and which carries the pinion f, this pinion engages with the wheel g, upon the shaft i, which carries a pinion L; the pinion 7L, engages with the rack bar lo, attached to the vertical slide bar m, from the bottom of which is suspended the weight W. To the top of the slide bar m, are secured the horizontal arms n, which carry the presser roll S; this roll is made to bear with sufficient force upon the carpet to compress it to the required degree, to give it the finished appearance, by means of the weight IV. As the size of the roll increases, the presser roll S, rises, and with it the weight WV, and when it becomes necessary to remove the roll of carpet from the machine the presser roll is raised clear of it, by means of the gearing f, g, L, as before explained.

It will thus be perceived that the carpet is wound tight upon the roll, without being stretched in the least so as to distort its pat-- tern. The presser roll bites upon the carpet, at the winding point or slightly back of it and however hard it may lay the carpet on the roll, it can not in any manner unduly stretch it. The end of the carpet beyond the roll is entirely free, and unrestrained, except suflicient to keep it straight, and the pinching or pressing is in a line drawn through the centers of the two rolls. The carpet is thus by a single operation finished and rolled, and ready for market.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, and shown one practical plan of carrying it out, what I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

Giving to woven figured fabrics, such as carpets, the finished appearance derived from the application of heavy pressure, while placing the goods in a roll for convenience of transportation, and without distorting the pattern by an irregular or undue stretching of the fabric, substantially as described.

SAML. FAY.

Witnesses SAM. COOPER, P. E. TEsoHEMAoHnR. 

